Marian O'Leary appointed Director of the
Office for Infrastructure and Logistics in Luxembourg

Today the Commission appointed Ms Marian O'Leary as
Director of the Office for Infrastructure and Logistics in Luxembourg (OIL), the
office charged with managing the Commission's real estate portfolio, social
welfare facilities and logistics services at its Luxembourg site.

In her new role, Ms O'Leary will be the legal representative and public face
of the Office for Infrastructure and Logistics in Luxembourg, with
responsibility for managing its staff of some 400 people, and for preparing its
annual management plan and multi-annual real-estate policy framework. As
Director, she will oversee the smooth running of the Office's various
operations, including space allocation, building construction and maintenance,
transport of personnel and equipment, mail distribution, and social facilities
such as cafeterias and childcare centres.

Currently, Marian O'Leary is Director of Resources at the Commission's
Directorate-General for Translation, in charge of the DG's human, financial, IT
and administrative resources. She has held a number of posts since joining the
Commission in 1984, among which Director of Translation responsible for the
introduction of the nine languages following the 2004 enlargement, Director of
Resources at Eurostat (2000–03), Head of Unit in charge of personnel at
the Informatics Directorate in Luxembourg (1997–99), and administrator
working on language automation projects.

Prior to her career at the Commission, Ms O'Leary was a civil servant with
the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ireland for ten years. In this capacity,
she was posted to Geneva from 1978 to 1983 as senior Irish delegate and
spokeswoman to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and chair
of EC coordination on the Common Fund and the Trade and Development Board.

Marian O'Leary is 54 years of age. She will take up her new duties on 1
November 2008.